Black diamond Burke Mountain, VT
Wilderness drops 294 vertical feet over 984 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 510 feet below the top. That's steeper than 25% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 28th steepest of 56 named runs at Burke Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 18°, Wilderness gets about 67% of the winter sun that flat ground at Burke Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 35th shadiest named run at Burke Mountain. Its top sits at 3,070 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.